BOARD OF McPHERSON COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
OCTOBER 28, 2003
REGULAR MEETING
10:00 A.M.
ALL PRESENT
Commissioner
Schroeder made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Commissioner Patrick seconded. All voted aye.
There
was no public input.
Commissioner
Patrick made a motion to approve the minutes of October 21, 2003 as presented. Commissioner Schroeder seconded. All voted aye.
Commissioner
Patrick made a motion to approve the checks and claims, distribution and
payroll. Commissioner Schroeder
seconded. All voted aye.
Mr.
Jay Sizemore, Assistant County Attorney, joined the meeting at 10:10 a.m. with
a request for the County Attorney’s Office to hire a part-time, temporary
secretary. Their full-time secretary
will be out for five to six weeks so they are requesting to hire Debbie Johnson
at $11.00 per hour for four to five hours per day until the regular full-time
secretary is able to return to work.
Commissioner Patrick made a motion to approve the request as
presented. Commissioner Schroeder
seconded. All voted aye.
Mr.
Gerry Bley, Public Works Design Engineer and Mr. Richard Nelson, Road and
Bridge Supervisor, joined the meeting at 10:15 a.m. Mr. Bley presented a request for the construction of a truck
apron and sand/grease pit west of the Public Works Shop. Public Works employees would do all work,
with the exception of electrical.
Estimated cost of materials and an electrician is $10,000 to be funded
from the capital outlay budget.
Commissioner Patrick made a motion to approve the project as
requested. Commissioner Schroeder
seconded. All voted aye. Mr. Nelson gave a brief update on several
ongoing road projects.
There
were no adds and abates.
There
was discussion on a request from the YMCA Board to consider using a portion of
the land where the County Extension Office, 4-H Building and Grounds and Rodeo
Arena are located to build a new YMCA Building. Mr. Witte will be attending a meeting with the YMCA Board and
will report back to the Commissioners at a future meeting.
Mr.
Witte requested fifteen minutes, from 10:37 to 10:52 a.m., in executive session
with the Commission to discuss non-elected personnel in the Public Works
Department. Commissioner Patrick made a
motion to go into executive session as requested and to include Mr. Witte. Commissioner Schroeder seconded. All voted aye. The Commissioners returned to open session
at 10:52 a.m. No action was taken
during executive session.
There
was discussion on the Public Works Director position. The Commissioners commented that after interviews, two candidates
were seriously considered. Both were well-qualified
and desirable candidates and both have family ties to McPherson. After careful consideration, Commissioner
Terry made a motion to offer Mr. David Bohnenblust the position as the Public
Works Director. Commissioner Schroeder
seconded. All voted aye.
At
11:30 a.m. the Commissioners and Mr. Witte had a work session to discuss County
Employee Health Insurance and employee benefit issues. No action was taken during the work session. At 12:00 p.m. Commissioner Patrick made a
motion to adjourn. Commissioner
Schroeder seconded. All voted aye.
Commission
Minutes taken by Irene R. Goering.
Harris G. Terry, Chairman
Don L. Schroeder,
Vice-Chairman
Duane J. Patrick,
Commissioner
Attest: County Clerk
Susan R. Meng